Seeing Through It: Pain's Hostility Toward Uchiha Chuanyu

Spring had come, and flowers were blooming.

Winter had just departed.

All living things were awakening.

On a treetop, two squirrels were fighting over a pinecone.

Looking up at the sky above Konoha.

At that moment, cherry blossoms danced on the wind.

"Lady Tsunade."

"We've received intelligence from the Anbu."

"Akatsuki has recently located several Jinchuriki."

"Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki of the Land of Water, has been extracted."

"Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki of the Land of Earth, has been extracted."

"And Han, another Jinchuriki, couldn't escape their grasp either."

The Hokage Building.

Shizune took out the report and read it aloud in detail.

Tsunade kept her eyes closed, her brow furrowed.

"Iwagakure has sent a request for assistance."

"But the Land of Water..."

Tsunade slowly opened her eyes and stood up.

She gazed out the window, lost in thought.

"We'll have to find a time. A Five Kage Summit has become necessary."

"But..."

"Lady Tsunade, we know next to nothing about Akatsuki. All the intelligence we have amounts to a few names."

"We don't even know what abilities they have!"

Shizune nervously took out a list.

Tsunade accepted it.

It listed Hidan and Kakuzu, who had fought Asuma.

It also listed Sasori and Deidara, who had fought Sakura and Grandma Chiyo.

But the last two names were the most unusual.

Uchiha Chuanyu, Itachi Uchiha.

Their abilities were listed as the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Lady Tsunade, according to the analysis, Uchiha Chuanyu only has one Sharingan. But he really is a member of the Uchiha Clan. Doesn't that make him different from Kakashi?"

Shizune looked at the analysis of Chuanyu's abilities with surprise.

Mangekyō in his left eye.

"This has to do with what happened ten years ago. It's closely connected to the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans, both of which have been wiped out."

"Uchiha Chuanyu should have some Hyuga blood in him, right?"

Tsunade lifted her teacup, took a sip, and said evenly.

"So you suspect that Uchiha Chuanyu's right eye may be hiding the power of the Hyuga Clan?"

Shizune covered her mouth in shock.

"It's only a suspicion. But Uchiha Chuanyu has never used the Byakugan, so we can't be certain whether he has it."

"If..."

"If he really bears the fates of both clans, then we're in trouble..."

Tsunade's brow furrowed. She gave the cup a light squeeze.

It shattered in her hand.

At the doorway.

Jiraiya stopped just as he was about to push the door open.

He had heard every word of Tsunade and Shizune's conversation inside.

A foreboding feeling welled up in him.

He knew that the Ninja World was about to face a great disaster.

The disappearance and deaths of the Jinchuriki felt like a warning.

This was pushing the Five Great Nations closer together. The days of standing united were fast approaching.

But before then, they still needed to get an accurate understanding of the enemy's abilities.

He lowered his right hand from the doorknob.

Jiraiya turned and slowly walked away.

A day always passed quickly.

The last rays of sunlight spread across the sky.

The sunset was beautiful.

A breeze carried cherry blossoms up into the sky.

Fragrance drifted from several miles away.

Tsunade wandered aimlessly along a path in the park.

Just moments ago, she had drunk several bottles of sake by herself.

Now she could barely walk straight.

"You must be troubled, drinking so much all alone."

Behind her, Jiraiya's figure suddenly appeared beneath the setting sun.

Tsunade turned around sluggishly and saw that it was Jiraiya.

"What I drink is none of your business!"

Tsunade snapped at him.

Jiraiya didn't get angry.

He simply gazed at Tsunade's flushed cheeks, completely captivated.

His eyes were so earnest.

Tsunade immediately felt embarrassed under his gaze.

There was a place to rest just ahead, and Tsunade walked over and slowly sat down.

Jiraiya's eyes held so many emotions, but now they seemed caught in his throat.

He sat beside Tsunade and took a deep breath.

"What are you doing?"

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya in confusion.

"I want to remember your scent clearly, so I won't get lost after I die."

"Hahahaha..."

After saying that, Jiraiya laughed shamelessly.

"You bastard!"

Tsunade was about to lose her temper, but Jiraiya stood and prepared to leave.

"I'll go this time."

"To find out about Akatsuki."

Jiraiya suddenly spoke with his back to Tsunade.

Tsunade froze.

"You heard what happened today?"

Tsunade lowered her head, looking dejected.

"Mm..."

"But don't lose heart..."

"You're the granddaughter of the First, after all!"

"Konoha needs you right now!"

Jiraiya turned around and suddenly gave her a thumbs-up.

The air fell silent.

The two of them fell quiet.

The breeze brushed their cheeks, and neither had the courage to say what was on their mind.

A cherry blossom drifted down from the sky.

The sunset, carried three thousand miles by the wind.

For one second, it blocked Tsunade's view.

Jiraiya smiled faintly and turned to leave.

"Why don't you bet that I'll die?"

"You always lose your bets, anyway!"

A red glow completely enveloped Konoha.

The evening clouds reflected Tsunade's feelings.

At that moment, she watched Jiraiya's retreating figure and wept.

How could she not know that Jiraiya had already made up his mind?

Amegakure.

Uchiha Chuanyu slowly appeared on an empty street.

Ever since he'd learned about the Uchiha Clan Massacre from Sakura.

Itachi had disappeared.

During this time, Chuanyu had been searching for any sign of Itachi.

A day ago, Konan had told Chuanyu.

Itachi was in Amegakure.

Chuanyu was sensitive to the fact that he had lost Akatsuki's trust.

The main reason was that he'd realized the strongest genjutsu covered by his Mangekyō, "Dian Li Dong Xiang," no longer worked.

But who could have broken his genjutsu?

There was no time to worry about that now. Whether or not Itachi was really here.

Chuanyu had to come and take a look.

He walked down the street.

A small shop selling rice was open.

Chuanyu slowly went inside.

There was no one there.

Suddenly, he heard a noise from the courtyard behind the shop.

Chuanyu went over to take a look.

Well, would you look at that.

Pain was carrying a sack of rice, about to take it upstairs.

Hearing someone enter.

Pain set the sack down and slowly turned around.

"Uchiha Chuanyu..."

"I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

Pain stared coldly at Chuanyu.

Suddenly, a sense of foreboding welled up in Chuanyu.

He frowned and dodged quickly.

A large number of Paper Shuriken appeared where he had just been standing.

Chuanyu turned his head.

Konan slowly descended from the air.

Their hostility toward him was unmistakable.

Chuanyu understood.

He had been targeted.

The reason they had tricked him into coming here today was to expel him from Akatsuki.

"Uchiha Chuanyu..."

"I thought we would have made good comrades..."

Deva Path Pain looked at Chuanyu expressionlessly as rainwater slowly ran down his face.

Thunderclouds suddenly gathered in the sky.

"Where exactly is Itachi...?"

Chuanyu stared coldly at Pain and asked.

"If nothing unexpected happened..."

"Sasuke Uchiha should already have reached a conclusion..."

Pain glanced at the thunderclouds above and said evenly.

Pain's answer made Chuanyu even more anxious.

So Akatsuki had already set this up.

And his arrival here today had been deliberately arranged.

Their opponent was Pain. What a formidable move.

There was only one person who could see through him and set a trap in the process.

Uchiha Obito...

Just then, the rain suddenly stopped.

Pain looked at Konan, his brows knitting.

"Someone has stopped my rain..."

"This chakra feels incredibly powerful..."

At the border of Amegakure.

A toad suddenly opened its mouth wide.

Jiraiya slowly crawled out of the toad's mouth.

"Getting in was a piece of cake..."

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